Pennsylvania Governor Delays Plan For May Legislature Extension
Harrisburg reports Governor James will wait for Tuesday's primary to decide the timing and scope of a special extension of the legislature. No concrete conclusions were reached after talks with cabinet members and party leaders. A relief funding bill and broader list of issues remain undecided as the state tests how many Pennsylvanians rely on public or federal aid, while a job drive claims 21,250 placements since November.
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Marrisburg
James
James F. Sesenen
cMair
General Assembly
William A. Hemphill
Pennsylvania liquor monopoly profits rise in 1939
Harrisburg April 19. General prosperity drives 1939 profits for Pennsylvania’s liquor monopoly. State stores posted 74,572,241 in sales, about 2,000,000 more than 1938. the record year 1937 saw 80,912,707. Six years of stores yielded 398,115,518 in sales and 73,668,086 in profits. Beer licenses and taxes brought substantial county revenues, with 27,539,049 returned to counties from licenses and 41,131,692 from beer taxes.
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Harrishurg
General Prosperity
Pennsylvania
Uqquor
Sys
Walter H. Witehler
Uquor Control Board
Judge deems temporary motor fund borrowing unfair
Judge Howard W. Hughes of Washington County criticized the Harrisburg Motor Club plan to borrow from the motor fund as neither business-like nor fair. He called public assistance a permanent problem and argued it must be financed on a permanent, long-range basis.
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Howard W. Hughes
Washington County
Harrisburg Motor Club
Congressional candidates face five way race in party slates
Five way contest for Congress with Democratic machine hands off. Fenton's rival is P Joseph Brennan. Three way splits feature Richard M. Simpson Huntingdon Republican Harve Tibbett from Armstrong Cambria Jefferson Indiana counties J Buell Snyder from Fayette Somerset. Others include James P McGrannery Michael J Bradley Philadelphia Democrats Benjamin Jarrett Farrell Republican Charles J Faddis Waynesburg Democrat L E Graham Beaver Republican Robert J Corbett John McDowell Pittsburgh. Former congressmen James H Gildea Harry L Haines seek comebacks. Unopposed renomination for Republicans Fred C Gartner James Wolfenden Charles L Gerlach J Roland Kinz er Albert G Rutherford Robert P Rich J William Ditter John C Kunkel Chester H Gross James E Van Zandt Robert L Rodgers. Democrats unopposed John E Sheridan Francis J Myers J Harold Flannery Francis E Walter.
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Fenton
P. Joseph Brennan
Richard M. Simpson
Huntingdon
Harve Tibbett
Armstrong-Cambria-Jefferson
Indiana
J. Buell Snyder
Fayette-Somerset
Jas
P. McGrannery
Michael J. Bradley
Philadelphia
Benjamin Jarrett
Farrell
Charles J. Faddis
Waynesburg
L. E. Graham
Beaver
Robert J. Corbett
John Mcl Dowell
Pittsburgh
James H. Gildea
Coaldale
Harry L. Haines
Red Lion
Edward B. Bennett
Rep
Tibbett
Ihesa
Fred C. Gartner
James Wolfenden
Delaware County
Charles L. Gerlach
Allentown
J. Roland Kinzer
Lancaster
Albert G. Rutherford
Honesdale
Robert FP. Rich
Woolrich
J. William Ditter
Ambler
John C. Kunkel
Harrisburg
Chester H. Gross
Manchester
Jas. E. van Zandt
Altoona
Robert L. Rodgers
John E. Sheridan
Francis J. Myers
J. Harold Flannery
Pittstown
Francis E. Walter
Easton
Scranton Area Returns Show GOP Edge In Counties
Election tally details indicate Republicans gained about 7,000 votes overall while Democrats held their footing in Scranton and Lackawanna. County results include Armstrong totals 20,402 with Republicans 11,242 and Democrats 150. Cambria 43,267 with Republicans 41,975 and Democrats 380. Indiana 20,292 with Republicans 11,859 and Democrats 983. Jefferson 14,678 with Republicans 9,490 and Democrats 208.
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Lackawanna
Scranton
Armstrong
Democratic
Cambria
Indiana
Jefferson
German metal salvage drives home wartime effort
The navy hunted subs in Skagerrak and Kattegat and reported likely sinking three allied undersea craft while Narvik actions were the notable exception to a quiet day in occupied Norway. Goering authorized a nation wide metal collection with bronze copper nickel lead brass and zinc being hauled from busts chandeliers barber poles and flagstaff points to support war needs.
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Skagerrak
Kattegat
Narvik
High Command
Norway
Fela Marshall Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Hitler
WPA Relief Rolls Stay Near Two Million A Month
The WPA continues to maintain work relief rolls around 2,000,000 persons monthly, drawing immediate political reactions. Republicans in Congress attacked discretionary power while Democratic members largely backed Roosevelt. The House debated extending crop insurance to cotton and approved the Logan-Walter bill to standardize federal agency procedures and speed court reviews, sending it to the Senate where passage is uncertain.
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J. William Ditter
Rpa
Republican Congressional Committee
Justice Cardozo
Rep. Fish
House
Appropriations Subcommittee
Democratic House
Roosevelt
Senate
New Search Planned for Lost Fliers Earhart and Noonan
In Los Angeles on April 19 the Amelia Earhart Foundation outlined plans to launch a search in the South Seas for Amelia Earhart and Capt. Fred Noonan. An elaborately equipped yacht is expected by midsummer to investigate a 150000 square mile area, aiming to locate uncharted islands or clues about their 1937 disappearance.
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Los Angeles
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
South Seas
Amelia Earhart Foundation
Dimity
Oskland
Roosevelt Aboard Train to Warm Springs Georgia
President Franklin D Roosevelt travels toward Warm Springs, Georgia aboard the presidential train seeking rest while awaiting developments in Europe. He plans an address to Young Democrats clubs and may signal views on a third term, with Basil O’Connor and naval aides aboard.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Europe
Washington
Red Hills
Georgia
White House
Atlantic
Carolinas
Basil O'Connor
New York
Warm Springs Foundation
Daniel J. Callaghan
Ross T. McIntyre
Navy
Protest Gas for Anthracite in Eastern Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers protest Metropolitan Edison Company plans to switch Marietta and Elizabethtown customers to natural gas from Pittsburgh fuel, arguing it harms public policy and anthracite coal. Thomas Kennery led 50 delegates urging further hearings in the anthracite region. A Lukens case precedent is cited. railroads and chambers oppose the move. S B Zimmerman notes Pennsylvania Power and Light Company would be heavily impacted.
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Harrisburg
United Mine Workers of America Today
Pennsylvania
Thomas Kennery
Public Utility Commission
Commonwealth
Metropolitan Edison Company
Reading
Marietta
Elizabethtown
Lancaster County
Manufacturers Light and Heat Company
Pittsburgh
Kennedy
United Mine Workers
Burgesses
Chamber of Commerce
Lukens
Lukens Steel Company
Coutsville
UMWA
Coafields
Anthracite Institute
S. BR. Zimmerman
Lancaster
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
Zimmerman
Cromwell Enters Democratic Senate Campaign
Somerville New Jersey April 19 United States Minister to Canada H R Cromwell announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for United States senator from New Jersey. He aligned with Roosevelt administration economic and international views, following backing from state party leaders led by Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City. The statement was released from Cromwell’s home via State Senator James J Bowers.
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Somerville
N. J
H. R. Cromwell
United States
Canada
New Jerey
Roosevelt
Cromwell
Frank Hague
Jersey City
James J. Bowers
Treasury Balance Report From April 10
Treasury balance figures for April 10 show receipts of 11.1 million dollars and expenditures of 36.2 million, producing a net balance of 63.3 billion. The working balance includes 5.06 billion, with customs receipts nearing 945 million and year-to-date receipts about 4.61 billion.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Disease law case halted in Pennsylvania suit
Harrisburg April 19 The Dauphin County Court postponed until next Thursday argument on a suit testing the validity of a section of Pennsylvania occupational disease law. David Uilman, on behalf of Elizabeth Hunter Keck, asks why no claims have been paid from the second injury reserve account set up after 1937 to cover disability claims from long term exposure to occupational disease. The workmen's insurance fund is custodian and has only 100000 toward 304000 in awards already handed down, out of 1232775 in claims. The suit challenges fund replenishment provisions and awaits Schuylkill County cases deciding the 1997 appropriation.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
David Uilman
State Workmen's Compensation Board
Elizabeth Hunter Keck
Philadelphia
Compensation Board
Workmen's Insurance Fund
Commonwealth
Workmen’s Insurance Fund
Samuel H. Torchia
State Supreme Court
Torchia
Schuylkill County
Floyd Schoffstadt
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Mike Widock
Haddock Mining Company
Norway seen under German drive with global war notes
Reports describe Norway's main hubs Narvik Trondheim and Oslo as key centers, with Norwegian forces conducting a staged retreat. German claims include British attacks on Narvik and submarine losses in Skagerrak and Kattegat. Germany gears to mark Hitler's birthday while France debates war conduct and Balkan nations fear further Nazi influence. A Chinese paper hints at easing British French concessions in Tianjin.
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Bhe
Narvik
Trondheim
Osio
Norway
Bergen
Stavanger
Skagerrak
Kattegat
Baltic Sea
Germany
Balkan
Far Eret
Yung Pao
Tientsin
North China
State junior dead in crash near Philipsburg
Francis C. Keele age 21 of Ol City died instantly when a car from Pennsylvania State College veered off a highway near Philipsburg at about 1 15 am, hit a tree and overturned. His companion Mathias Ortweth 22 of Bethlehem was injured slightly and treated at Philipsburg State Hospital. Private D A Mallick of the State Motor Police said excessive speed likely caused the crash.
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Philipsburg
Pennsylvania State College
Here
Francis C. Keele
Ol City
Mathias Ortweth
Bethlehem
Philipsburg State Hospital
D. A. Mallick
Secret Of Silver Germ Killer Shocks Scientists
Scientists reveal that a single atom of silver can kill a living yeast cell, using a tiny silver gun to fire ions into the target. Dr. Alexander Goetz of Caltech reports silver ionization enables lethal power in liquid solutions, unlike solid or colloidal forms.
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Atmetican Philosdophical Society
Mt. Everest
Alexander Goetz
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Gontz
Kiling
Goetz
Scout Leaders Discuss Plans and Membership Gains
The Central District Boy Scouts meeting at the Court House drew leaders from Indiana Gurney City and nearby communities. A report on the Court of Honor for the High School event noted about 600 attendees and the 12 year old membership rise.
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Central District Committee
Boy Scouts of America
Court House
Indiana
Gurney City
H. J. Buchheit
C. M. Snyder
A. M. Gressley
Market Wraps Across Wheat and Corn in Chicago Trade
Chicago wheat edged lower early with gains later erased as large volume trading produced persistent buying support. May futures ranged around 1.12 to 1.13 dollars, July at about 1.00. Corn opened steady to higher but gave back initial gains, with May around 64 to 65 cents. Pittsburgh hogs and cattle showed varied but steady price levels, with 180 to 220 pound hogs roughly 6.15 to 6.25 and cattle mix following yesterday’s tone. Produce markets in Pittsburgh showed moderate demand with apples steady to higher and New York stock items firm, while potatoes moved with steady crates and sacks pricing across regional grades.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
Baldwins
West Virginia
Maine
Idaho
Buxhel Erates
Florida Bliss
Furniture awards made in Know America contest
Judges Burgess B H Lichteberger H iBarle Raymond and N Dewitt Ray awarded first prize a living room suite to Mrs Isabel A Stahlman of 1278 Church street Indiana There were other prizes including a Philco radio a chair a floor lamp a poster bed and 3200 consolidation prizes Mrs Stahlman winning slogan was A Satisfied Customer Always Brings Another.
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Burgess B. H. Lichteberger
H. iBarle Raymond
N. Dewitt Ray
Penn Furniture Company
Isabel A. Stahlman
Church Street
Indiana
Philco Radio
W. J. Ralls
Ernest
Tipperary
Anna
Sabina
Blacklick
Carribel Faith
Clymer, Ltd
John W. Loughry
Marion Center
Stahlman
Baseball Highlights and Oddities From Yesterday
Gene Thompson shut out the Cubs for seven innings in an eight to one victory as Claude Pawseay contributed in the duel. Hank Greenberg homered and tripled driving in three for the Tigers in a four to three win over the Browns. Jim Bagby restricted the Genstors to five hits in a one to zero Red Sox win. A note claims the first white child born in Arigong occurred yesterday amid unconventional events.
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Associated Press
Gene Thompson
Reda
Cubs
Claude Pawseay
Hank Greenberg
Tigere
Browns
Jim Bagby
Red Sox
Genstors
Captive Mine Strike Ends in Unnerved Jones and Laughlin
The unauthorized strike by 4,600 Captive Mine workers of Jones and Laughlin Steel ends today after a UMW District 4 official announces an agreement. District leaders told workers to return to jobs before any company discussion could proceed.
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Uniontown
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
United Mine Workers
District 4
Wiliam Hynes
District 5
P. T. Egan
Missing toes clue in death in Ohio River case
Pittsburgh April 19. Two missing toes helped identify a body found in the Ohio River as Mrs. Paul Schmidt, 52, hotel operator of Cambridge. A deputy coroner, after speaking with Schmidt by telephone, said he was virtually certain the victim was the missing operator. The husband arrives today.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio River Ag
Paul Schmidt
Cambridge Springs
Schmidt
Stocks Rally Yet Many Shares Fail to Follow Through
New York stock market showed rallying moments in today's session with a few bright spots such as loft shares, but most issues failed to sustain momentum. Dealers noted moderate activity early, tapering off by midday as prices moved irregularly with widespread declines and gains across major names, including Am Chemical and Dye, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, General Electric, Reading, and U S Steel among many others.
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New York
Cons Edison
Consol Oil
Douglas Aircraft
Eastman Kodak
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Greyhound
Carp
Hershey
Hudson Motor
Interlake Iron
Int Harvester
Nick Can
Kennecott
Lehigh Val Coal
Loew's Inc
Mack Trucks
Montgem Ward
Naxh-Kelyinator
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pr
Nat Distillers
Cenwal RR
North Amer Ca
Packard Motor
Fenn RR
Aly Philips Pet
Pure Oj
Radio Corp of Amoh Reading Co
Repab Steel
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck Ale
Bovony- Vacuum
Southern Pacific
Bouthern Ry
Sperry Corp
Brudebaker Corp
Eh Texas Corp
Timken Roll
United Airocrafta United Corp
United Gat Imp
U & Indus Alco
UB Rubber
US Steel
West Union
Tal
Woolworth
Ark
G M Workers Vote Solidly for UAW CIO Bargaining Power
Detroit April 10 A CIO backed victory at General Motors plants gave the United Auto Workers control to bargain for over 120000 hourly workers across 48 GM plants. The AFL affiliated union trailed, with 68 percent for UAW CIO and 21 percent for AFL, while 11 percent chose neither. Leaders hailed the result as a win for industrial unionism and a test of Wagner Act support.
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Detroit
CIO
APL
Gatett] Motors
United Automobile Workers
G. M
National Labor Relations Board
UAW
R. J. Thomas
Vaw-Cio
Washington
John L. Lewis
Uaw-Cio
Uaw-Ail
AFL
Michigan
General Motor Operations
Fisher Body
Chevrolet
Norwood
Kansas City
Mediden
Conn
Waller P. Reuther
Uawcio
Norwoods
Meridan
Lockport
N. Y
College Weather Forecast for Today
Showers and colder today with clearing tonight. Partly cloudy and warmer tomorrow. Reading temperature 30 with a high of 62 and a low of 38. Precipitation 0.11 inches, relative humidity 84 percent, barometric pressure 29.50, yesterday 29.47.
Obituary notices from Shanksville area and Homer City
Obituary items detail viewing times at Robinson Funeral Home with multiple services at Shanksville United Brethren Church. Mary Ann George of Slickville, born 1870 in England, rests with extensive survivors listed, service at Slickville and burial in Balinburg. Additional funeral notices for Wilbon H. Davis and Mary Sabatas note services at local churches and Oak/St Bernard cemeteries. Also brief crime note: Philadelphia holdup leads to arrest after price tag clue.
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Robinson Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Shanksville
Mary Ann George
Oliver George
G. H. George
Slickville
England
John Franklin
Mary Uncapher
Jeannette
William
George
Saxgnburg
Edward Franklin
Saltsburg
Sickville
John
Auuters
William Webb
Youngwood
Stlckville
Balinburg
Wilbon Hi. Davis
Robinson
P. m
Charles Applegath
Oakland Cemetery
Mary Sabatas
Sabatas
Yellowcreek Street
Homer City
Louis Catholic Church
Marion Rowgatha
St. Bernard Cemetery
Indiana
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